I am looking for family of Dominick Valentino who married Jennie ( dudgeon, didgeon, was her maiden name) they had 5 children: anette, caroline, patsy, marie, and frances. children were born in Huntington, NY and PA. I found a census record with Dominick and the kids stating he arrived in America in 1915 but no further information as to what ship or what part of Italy he was from. I do know Jennie died soon after having all the children. any information would be greatly appreciated. I am also on ancestry.com connecting pieces.

kweber2 wrote:I am looking for family of Dominick Valentino who married Jennie ( dudgeon, didgeon, was her maiden name) they had 5 children: anette, caroline, patsy, marie, and frances. children were born in Huntington, NY and PA. I found a census record with Dominick and the kids stating he arrived in America in 1915 but no further information as to what ship or what part of Italy he was from. I do know Jennie died soon after having all the children. any information would be greatly appreciated. I am also on ancestry.com connecting pieces.

yes he don't was in the military.. he worked in Huntington as a laborer no in the military..
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I am pretty sure that is your ancestor..
suanj

is it common to find three or more spellings for Dominick and all the records to be him? Domenico, Dominick, and Domnard.....I have found records in all these names I just didn't think it was correct. Also, my grandmother did mention Dominick did have a brother or cousin August/ Augustino. Also as for being Domnard, all the children names match except Mary- would be Marie (patricia was her middle name) and Christ, there was never any mention of this family member. I will keep searching for information about jennie. Thank you once again!!!!

these first names are no the right spelling ... but just the record transcription on line,
as the transcribers have interpreted the census compiler's handwriting...
you can correct it.. anyone can correct... if interested....
if you have the subscription to ancestry.com, you can correct and the right name will be showed also....
suanj

My grandmother also mentioned she knew of one relative of Dominick, his name was August he was either his brother or cousin and he had a wife but she thought she stayed in Italy. I found an August and MAry Valentino on ancestry.com August born 1895 and arrived in 1921, Mary born in 1894 and arrived in 1929. Do you think this could be the correct relatives also? I did email someone about Crecchio Italy connections as well. I understand names get translated wrong I just want to be 100% sure I am connecting with my correct family.

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
August Valentino Head M 35 Italy
Mary Valentino Wife F 36 Italy
I don't Know if the his first name was Augusto/Agostino right or he changed in USA... I cannot find the arrival by this first name...
I found a Giustino VALENTINI matching the age, the wife name, Maria, the Birth place, joining at brother Domenico in New York(?)... I don't know if is the right record...
First Name : Giustino
Last Name : Valentini
Nationality : Italy, Italian South
Last Place of Residence : Crecchio
Date of Arrival : October 5th, 1920
Age at Arrival : 25y
Gender : Male
Marital Status : Married
Ship of Travel : Argentina
Port of Departure : Napoli
Manifest Line Number : 0011

wonderful I am so glad that August is Dominick's brother! I contacted a family member and she confirmed hearing that my grandmother and her husbands mother did in fact have another brother that died at a young age ( explains Christ, which I found the death record for) and the most likely reason it was never mentioned was because my grandmother was 6 and her sister that lived with my family was only 2 around the time of his death so they more then likely simply forgot. Do you know of a way to find death records for Jennie or Dominick? Also how do I go about looking in Crecchio for current relatives?

I cannot realize what was jennie maiden name... It is a mystery.. "dudgeon, didgeon" maybe Di Giovanni???
Abt the distant relatives in Crecchio.. you can make a genealogic tree abt your Domenico, with siblings, searching as much data possible, so you will have the certainty abt siblings data... and after that you can contact some Valentini in Crecchio, the addresses by phone directoryhttp://www.paginebianche.it/?excmp_id=pspb35
best regards,
suanj

do you think Juanita could be the full version of Jennie? I found one of my grandmothers sister on a site that has all information correct and states her father as Dominick and mother as Juanita (juano) Valentine.

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